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greater part of them cultivated in teds- It does not present so 

 pleasing an appearance as the Dutch botanic gardens, but is, how- 

 ever, kept very neat, and is well arranged. The founder of this 

 institution was the great Dr. R. Walker, Vice-master of Trinity 

 College, who purchased the ground for 1600/. Bradley, the earhest 

 botanist who paid exclusive attention to the succulent plants, was 

 the first Professor of Botany at Cambridge, whom the celebrated 

 Sherard recommended to the University. There were no Lectures 

 given here on botany till the year 1724; so that this eminent 

 university is far behind many of those in Germany in this respect, 



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which long before that period had supported Botanical Professors 

 and Gardens. Bradley ceased to give lectures six years before his 



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death, when Sherard, and the great physician to the royal household 

 Sloane, recommended John Martyn to the situation. Still, in the 

 year 1734, Martyn discontinued his lectures, as there was no bo- 

 tanic garden, and he met with no support. " Botany slept," as Sir 

 J. E. Smith says, " from 1734 till 1761, when R. Walker raised it 

 from a deep slumber. The Professor of Botany had neither salary 

 nor student." Walker provided both; and aided Martyn, who 

 transferred his office to his son, Thomas Martyn, then twenty-six 

 years of age. The latter has been for the last three years pre- 

 vented from lecturing by age and infirmity; and in 1818 he trans- 

 ferred his situation, (inasmuch as it related to Walker's foundation,) 

 to Sir James E. Smith. But Monk, by interdict and proscription, 

 prevented this worthy man from performing the duties of the Pro- 

 fessorship ; and the University of Cambridge appears to feel as little 

 as it would have done a hundred years ago, that it has for the last 

 six years been deprived of instruction in one of the most beautiful 

 and useful of sciences. The care of the Garden is committed to 

 Mr. Biggs, whom we did not find at home. The stoves are well 

 built, and they may have been hitherto large enough ; but the pro* 

 gress of the science will soon cause their size to be insufficient, as 

 they extend only to 216 feet. A building was erected some years, 

 ao*o, for the lecture-rooms of the Professors of Botany, Chemistry, 

 Mineralogy, and Mechanics. The Alpine plants, among which are, 

 some rare species from the Scotch Highlands, are very properly 

 cultivated in small pots, and placed. during winter under glass. The 



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